(light blue shaded area), Turkey.Per location of [LINK: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/17/Bayramic.html] Bayramiç]] Skepsis (also Scepsis, and in Greek: ??????) was an ancient settlement in Mysia, Asia Minor that is at the present site of Kur?untepe, in Bayramiç, Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristoteles was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. History The city of Skepsis was comprised of two different, non-contemporary sites on Mount Ida, Palae-Skepsis and the settlement of Skepsis proper. Palae-Skepsis Palae-Skepsis (Old Skepsis) is notable for the native tradition that it was once the "capital of Aeneas's dominions." It was situated near the source of the Aesepus, high up on Mount Ida. William Vaux was able to note in 1

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